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The ten best entries from the Tasmanian Writers’ Prize 2024 as selected by Claire van Ryn, David Owen and Rayne Allinson.

Cover image: Freycinet Peninsula by Pen Tayler

In 2023, Hobart was designated a UNESCO City of Literature. We always knew there was something special about our beloved town, with its myriad bookshops, reading groups, publishers and award-winning authors. But this news has given writers and bibliophiles something tangible to celebrate: we now have international recognition of Tasmania’s world-class literary landscape, with its distinctive creative energy and potential.

This year we are especially delighted to include the winning stories from the Junior and Senior sections of our Young Tasmanian Writers’ Prize 2023. The quality and imagination
of these stories was so impressive that we felt they warranted publication. We hope their inclusion here will inspire other young Tasmanians to dream new stories of their own.

Nakita Kitson | Drive on 

Elaine Chennatt | Roadkill
Nellie Crawford | Knit two, purl two

Tess Crawley | Elephant Island
Benjamin F Forbes | Solander
John A D Fraser Tomorrow the world
Peter Lucas | The Southern Belle
Bríd Morahan | Island man
Poppea White | Tidepool
Sue Wootton | Mandatory

BONUS STORIES from the Young Tasmanian Writers’ Prize 2023
Chloe Bedford (St Michael's Collegiate) | The regular man
Michael Reid  (The Friends' School) | Closer creeps the dark